March 4, 2026

Audible Standard Membership Plan Launches

Audible just launched a new Standard Membership Plan for $8.99/month. It includes a selection of one audiobook per month from their entire collection of over 1 million audiobooks. The one audiobook per month is yours to listen to as long as you are an Audible member. You can try it out for 30 days and get one audiobook free by clicking the link below:

Check Out Audible Standard for Free for 30 Days

Audible still has its Premium Plus membership for $14.95/month, which includes one credit per month to buy any audiobook from its entire collection, and that audiobook is owned by you forever, whether you’re a member or not. Premium Plus also gives you unlimited access to over 150,000 audiobooks in their Plus Catalog, along with exclusive sales & discounts for Premium Plus members. You can check out the Premium Plus membership with a free 30-day trial at the link below as well:

Check Out Audible Premium Plus for Free for 30 Days

While the standalone Audible Plus membership that provides unlimited access to over 150,000 audiobooks in their Plus Catalog seems to still exist for existing Audible Plus members at $7.95/month, it seems like they are phasing it out for new members, as I’m not seeing a way to subscribe to it currently.

The new Audible Standard Membership Plan for $8.99/month for one audiobook is definitely enticing for the casual audiobook listener. It’s cheaper than competitor Spotify’s $12.99/month Premium Plan which includes 15 hours of audiobook listening time, but of course doesn’t include ad-free music. Spotify does apparently have a Spotify Audiobooks Access plan for $9.99/month in the USA that gives you access to about 500,000 audiobooks, but excludes ad-free music. And Spotify has about half of the selection of Audible, which now boasts over one million titles! Anyway, lots of options to choose from for audiobook listeners out there.